reptiles – Michael Broad

New Zealand news media reports that one feral cat regurgitated 28 whole lizards! True?

October 1, 2021 by Michael Broad

Remains of 28 New Zealand lizards said to have been devoured as a meal by a feral cat

NEWS AND COMMENT-NEW ZEALAND: The website stuff.co.nz have published an article in which they attack the feral cat, which I see a lot of because they don’t like their feral cats in New Zealand. You see the same thing in Australia where the news media constantly blame the feral cat for killing off native …

Rats or cats? Which is the worst for killing island species?

April 22, 2021 by Michael Broad

Archipelagos are a cluster of islands and the species living there are vulnerable to introduced species like rats and cats

Every scientific paper that you read regarding the extinction of native species on small islands in archipelagoes always refer to cats and rats as the top two culprits. One scientific study starts, “Invasive rats are one of the world’s most successful animal groups that cause native species extinctions and ecosystem change, particularly on islands”. …

Do feral cats eat snakes?

May 12, 2020 by Michael Broad

Feral cats of Australia feed on geckos and many other reptiles including venomous snakes

Yes, feral cats do eat snakes, even venomous species, but it depends where the feral cat lives as this determines whether there are snakes to be eaten. Certainly in Australia there are plenty of snakes, some of which are venomous. As reported by phys.org, a study from Murdoch University in Australia revealed the prey …

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